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S. D. WRIGHT.

COKE QUENCHING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.21.rs1s.

Patented Sept. 80,- 1919.

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s. D. WRIGHT. COKE QUENCHING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2l. I9I6. ,317,1253 Patentedsept. 30,1919.

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COKE QUENCHING CAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2l. |916.

Patented Sept. 30

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SAMSOND. WRIGHT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent. Paten ted Sept. 30, 1919.

Application led August 21., 1916. l Serial No. 116,081.

T0 all whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, SAMSON D. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of- Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in Coke-Quenching Cars, of which the following is-a specification.

This invention relates to railway cars and more particularly to what are known as coke quenching cars. The object of the invention is to provide an improved coke quenching car whose inclined floor or bottom has extensions or lips projecting beyond the sides of the car, the upper one into close proximity to the retorts or ovens from which the coke is` discharged into the cars, and the lower one arranged to discharge the coke at a point remote from `the car body; which avoids loss of coke by dropping between the car and retort or upon the track; and which extensions or lips are removable so that the car can be trimmed down to a size Coming within established railway clearance lines` whereby it can be shipped on its own wheels A and not in knockdown condition. as heretofore.

Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter.

In the drawings, which represent one preferred embodiment of the invent-ion, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one half of the car; Fig. 2 is an end View; Fig. 3 is Aa plan view ot the car floor; and Fig.` 1 is a section on the line 4--4, Fig. 3.

The car shown in the -drawings comprises" a suitable frame or body 1 supported on trucks 2 and consisting of an inclined floor or bottom 3, end walls 1 and 'a side wall 5 in 'which' are doors 6 hinged at 7 and through which the material is discharged from the car. Said doors may be held closed by suitable means and may be operated by any suitable mechanism such as the links 9 connecting said doors to arms 1() on shaft 10 provided with gears l1 operated by racks 12 on the rods of pistons controlled by the cylinders 13. lVhen the doors are opened the material `readily slides down over the inclined Hoor and out through the doorways.

The` ear bottom or floor :is made up of a series of overlapping floor plates 15 bolted to cach other and to transverse beams 16, which may be channels, I beams or' the like, attached to the car'frame, and also con nected at their ends to channel members 17 extending longitudinally along the sides of.

the car and substantially from end to end thereof. s

In Fig. 2, the dotted lines A represent thc established railway clearance lines, beyond which the railways prohibit Vany projection of rolling stock traveling over the line. As `will appear, the `floor orbottom of these coke quenching cars should project beyond these clearance lines when in service at the coke` plant, but the railway requirements prevent shipping such a car in assembled condition over the lines, which has iliade it necessary to ship the cars in knock-down state and erect them upon arrival at the plant.

In the present invention the lower edge of the car floor is provided with an exten- 'sion or lip 18 whose upper surface is in the saine inclined plane with that ot' the car floor and which extends outwardly beyond the clearance' line-A. This lip may extend continuously from end to end of the car or, as shown, may be broken up into separate sections opposite the several car doors.

It. consists of a number of fioor plates whose inner upper edges are grooved lip plates arc also provided with depending l flanges 22 which abut thc channel 17 and are secured thereto by bolts 23.

The upper edge ot' the car floor is provided with a similar extension or lip 24 comprising floor plates 25 attached to cach other and at their inner edges to the adjacent floo r plates 2G by bolts 2T, and also provided with depending fiangcs 2S bolted to' the longitudinal channel 17. 'lhe end floor plates Q5 also have bolted thereto triangular end plates 29 which may also bc bolted to tho adj acont permanent end plates 3() of the car body. l

The lower extension 1S delivers the material from the car at a point remote .from the. body and beyond not only the track but also the clearance line Al The upper extension 24 extends beyond the clearance line. and into close proximity to the retorts or ovens 4from which the coke is delivered to i einen lie mi'. ("o'nseqnenly no eolie is losi by dropping down beiween iliie rebor rziel; or by Soldering/over tbe creol; ai; elle lisclierge side of tbe cer. lileverbiieiess both lips or eXi-ensions nniyf'be remi'ived from tbe body by Lening ont the holding bolts, which trims down die cnr bo ne eren prescribed by railways :ind enables ii, to be shipped in preczicelly compleely assembled form.

lil/'liet l claim ie:-u

i. A colte qnencliinnf car, comprising n body and ruclis biiereror, said body bzwing e door inclined laterally of lie eer., mail an extension :for .sind licor projecing beyond lie railway clearance linee7 said exiension .baring its surface in tbe sinne plane tbe surface of lie door end being' rigidly secured lo and removable from tile ear body.

2. A, eolie quenching cnr, comprising a. body 'and rncls lierefor, seid body haring e door inclined laterally of the cer to the iiisiiarge opening, n door closing said open- 'ng and in exscnsion lor said door outside of eeid'dncriind projecting beyond, the rail- Wriy clezai'nnce finesB seid extension baring in; surfe-ce in lille same vplaine ne the Surface of ille floor and being rigidly secured lo end dezeclieble from lie car body.

il. eolie quenching` cnr, comprisinga oily rnclie therefor, :said lloor inclined downwardly from one side i Zlio cer body lo The o'lier :and inwind :i discharge opening, ii door cloeing said openbody barring ing, and an extension for said floor compris-ing plates having flanges fitting recesses in be door and thereby having its surface in the saine plane as the surface of the floor, seid extension projecting beyond the railway clearance lines and being cured to and removable from the car body.

l. colie quenching car, comprising u body and trucks therefor, said body having;v a .door `inclined laterally from Side to side7 the upper edge of said floor being below the upper edge of the body, and :in extension for 'the upper portion of said floor, seid exension having its upper 'Surface in die seine piene as die surface of the door and extending beyond the railway clearance lines.: and being rigidly secured lo and removable from the cer body.

A coke quencliingcar, comprising :i body and trucks therefor, seid body having a door inclined laterally from side t'o Side, the upper edge of said Hoor being Within iie railway clearance lines of the car, ends for said body extending above the upper edge oli' said floor, and an extension for the upper portion of said body beyond the floor lliereo, comprising e floor portionin the sanne plane Athe floor of the main body door and end portions, seidextension extending beyond the railway clearance lines and being rigidly secured 'to end removable from the car' body.

In iestimony whereof l alix my signature.

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